(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
verb
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
crawfished
crawfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crawfish
crawfishes
crawfishes
noun
plural of crawfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crawfordsville
cushionflower
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
driftwoods
driftwoods
noun
plural of driftwood
dwarfish
dwarfish
adj
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
dwarfishly
dwarfishly
adv
In a dwarfish manner.
dwarfishness
dwarfishness
noun
The quality of being dwarfish.
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
fairways
fairways
noun
plural of fairway
faithworthiness
faithworthiness
noun
(archaic) trustworthiness
featherweights
featherweights
noun
plural of featherweight
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
fellowheirship
fewtrils
fewtrils
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Little or unimportant things; trifles.
fieldwards
fieldwards
Adverb
Towards a field.
figworts
figworts
noun
plural of figwort
fingerwise
fingerwise
adv
In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts.
fireweeds
fireweeds
noun
plural of fireweed
firewoods
firewoods
noun
plural of firewood
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworms
fireworms
noun
plural of fireworm
fishertown
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
fisherwomen
fisherwomen
noun
plural of fisherwoman
fishweir
fishweir
noun
An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
floorwise
floorwise
adj
(India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
adv
(poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
floweriest
floweriest
adj
superlative form of flowery: most flowery
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowerinesses
flowerinesses
noun
plural of floweriness
flowerist
followership
followership
noun
A group of followers.
Adherence to a leader.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
foreswearing
foreswearing
verb
present participle of foreswear
forewarnings
forewarnings
noun
plural of forewarning
forewings
forewings
noun
plural of forewing
forewisdom
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
freewheelingness
freewritings
freewritings
noun
plural of freewriting
frenchwise
fretwise
friendliwise
friendswood
frontwise
frontwise
adv
Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
frowsier
frowsier
adj
comparative form of frowsy: more frowsy
frowsiest
frowsiest
adj
superlative form of frowsy: most frowsy
frowsily
frowsily
adv
In a frowsy manner.
frowsiness
frowstier
frowstier
adj
comparative form of frowsty: more frowsty
frowstiest
frowstiest
adj
superlative form of frowsty: most frowsty
frowstily
frowstily
adv
In a frowsty manner.
frowstiness
frowstiness
noun
Quality of being frowsty.
frowziest
frowziest
adj
superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
frowziness
frowziness
noun
The quality of being frowzy.
fruitwise
gillyflowers
gillyflowers
noun
plural of gillyflower
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
hostlerwife
housewiferies
housewiferies
noun
plural of housewifery
housewifery
housewifery
noun
(obsolete) Household goods.
The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
lifeworks
lifeworks
noun
plural of lifework
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
midwiferies
midwiferies
noun
plural of midwifery
mistflower
mistflower
noun
Any of several plants in the tribe Eupatorieae, especially Ageratina riparia and members of the genus Conoclinium.
overflowingness
overflowingness
noun
Quality of being overflowing; exuberance.
overswift
overswift
adj
(rare) Overly swift.
oysterwife
passionflower
passionflower
noun
Any of very many vines, in North America and elsewhere, of the genus Passiflora that bear edible fruit called passion fruit, and showy flowers of a structure symbolic of the Passion of Christ.
phosphowolframic
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
prowfishes
prowfishes
noun
plural of prowfish
renfrewshire
renfrewshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.
a council area in Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.
roofwise
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
scarfwise
scarfwise
adv
In the manner of a scarf.
schweinfurt
semiwarfare
sheriffwick
sheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
shieldflower
silkflower
slipperflower
snailfishessnailflower
snailflower
snailflower
noun
Cochliasanthus caracalla, a leguminous vine of South and Central America, whose fragrant flowers have a distinctive curled shape.
snowdrift
snowdrift
noun
A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
snowdrifts
snowdrifts
noun
plural of snowdrift
spiderflower
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
sulfowolframic
sulphowolframic
swifter
swifter
adj
comparative form of swift: more swift
noun
(nautical) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
(nautical) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while it is being turned.
(nautical) The forward shroud of a lower mast.
verb
(nautical, transitive) To tighten (e.g. slack standing rigging) by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
swifters
swifters
noun
plural of swifter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swifter
swiftlier
swiftlier
adv
comparative form of swiftly: more swiftly
swiftwater
swordfish
swordfish
noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
verb
To fish for swordfish.
swordfisherman
swordfisherman
noun
A fisherman who fishes for swordfish.
swordfishery
swordfishes
swordfishes
noun
plural of swordfish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swordfish
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
trefoilwise
trefoilwise
adv
In the form of a trefoil.
turfwise
turfwise
adv
(rare) In terms of turf.
twinflowers
twinflowers
noun
plural of twinflower
undersheriffwick
undersheriffwick
noun
The area of jurisdiction of an undersheriff.
unfaithworthiness
unstraightforward
unstraightforward
adj
Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
unworshipful
unworshipful
adj
Not worshipful.
viewfinders
viewfinders
noun
plural of viewfinder
waferish
waferish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wafer.
wakerifeness
warfarins
warfarins
noun
plural of warfarin
washerwife
washerwife
noun
(archaic) A washerwoman.
wastethrift
wastethrift
noun
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
wastrife
waterproofings
waterproofings
noun
plural of waterproofing
wayfarings
wayfarings
noun
plural of wayfaring
wearifulness
wearifulness
noun
The quality of being weariful.
weatherfish
weatherfish
noun
A loach of the genus Misgurnus
especially, Misgurnus fossilis
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
welfarism
welfarism
noun
(philosophy) An axiology or ethical theory in which value is determined by the well-being (e.g., happiness) of people or other sentient beings.
(rare, derogatory) The belief in or support of a welfare state.
welfarist
welfarist
adj
Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
noun
A supporter of the politics or principles of the welfare state.
Someone who supports welfare, especially of animals.
welfaristic
welfaristic
adj
Supporting or relating to welfarism.
werewolfish
werewolfish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a werewolf.
werewolfism
werewolfism
noun
lycanthropy; the transformation of a person into a wolf
westerfield
wethersfield
wharfingers
wharfingers
noun
plural of wharfinger
wharfside
wharfside
noun
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.